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FILE - In this July 2, 2021 file photo, a relative performs last rites before the cremation of a COVID-19 victim in Gauhati, India. India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the south Asian country. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

India's Pandemic Death Toll Estimated At About 4 Million: 10 Times The Official Count

That's the number of "excess deaths" from January 2020 to June 2021, reflecting the true toll of COVID-19, say researchers in a new study. What the big disparity?

Which WSKG Radio Host Are You? Take the Quiz!

Do you ever listen to WSKG or WSQX and think, "WOW, Bill Snyder and I could be twins!" Or maybe you say, "Geez, Crystal Sarakas could be my…

New York Secures $1.1 Billion Settlement From Opioid Distributors

"We’re holding them accountable and delivering more than $1 billion more into New York communities ravaged by opioids for treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts."

Customers buy products at the Harvest Medical Marijuana Dispensary in San Francisco in 2016.

Despite Public Support, Watertown Bans Marijuana Dispensaries

“It's just crazy. It's here. It's already here. People are already smoking it. Let us just go and get a legal substance from a safe provider.”

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: A general view is seen of the stage area during the announcement of the host city for the 2032 Olympic Games, watched via live feed in Tokyo, at the Brisbane Olympic Live Site on July 21, 2021 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images)

Australia To Host The Olympics For The Third Time In 2032 After Brisbane Wins Its Bid

This will be Australia's third time hosting the Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas addresses the media during a statement at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 28, 2021. Germany has reached an agreement with Namibia that will see it officially recognize as genocide the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people and commit to spending a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool Photo via AP)

Germany Officially Recognizes It Committed Genocide In Present-Day Namibia

"In light of Germany's historical and moral responsibility, we will ask Namibia and the descendants of the victims for forgiveness," Germany's foreign minister said Friday.

American author John Steinbeck, winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Grapes of Wrath," is seen in this undated photograph. (AP Photo)

A Young John Steinbeck's Unpublished Werewolf Novel Isn't Going To Print

A Steinbeck scholar says Murder at Full Moon, a mystery about a series of brutal murders that appear to be the work of a werewolf, should be available to all. Steinbeck's estate disagrees.

NEWARK, OH - AUGUST 07: Voters head to the polls at the Licking County Family YMCA to vote in the special election for Ohio's 12th District on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 in Newark, Ohio. Voters in Ohio's 12th Congressional District are choosing between Democrat Danny O'Connor and Republican Troy Balderson for Congress in today's special election. (Photo by Justin Merriman/Getty Images)

Much Of Ohio Is Trump Country. And That Complicates Things For The GOP

GOP politics in Ohio has changed in the Trump era. And a trip to the state reveals some mixed views among Republicans about the outsized influence Trump retains in the state.

What Microsoft Officials Know About Russia's Phishing Hack Targeting USAID

The Russian group that attacked SolarWinds focused on another government supplier in its latest hack: an email marketing company used by the U.S. Agency for International Development, Microsoft said.

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney is also the interim director of the CFPB.

Trump Administration's New Plan Defangs Consumer Protection Watchdog

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making the agency less aggressive in its mission. An internal memo obtained by NPR says the CFPB will unveil a strategic plan to that end.

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